Rubio didn't even write that damn book...he had an uncredited ghostwriter!

[Tanuki]

In dissing student loan forgiveness, Rubio said he quickly paid off his own $100k student loan by writing a book. Ana Navaro just nailed him!

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[RockRaven]

1. Many RW politicians' books are just a legal laundering of PAC money into the politician's pocket.

Just to add an extra layer of scumbaggery to Rubio's position.

PACs buy the books in bulk, and give them away at events. If they are savvy, they can put in more effort and try to buy them in ways which game the NYT best seller list, but the NYT has gotten better at detecting these manipulations since the phenomenon began.

It's a very inefficient way of paying off/embezzling (depending on who controls the PAC), but the pols get an influx of money which has been routed through a third party (the publisher) to obscure the pay off/self dealing, so of course they are going to do it. Most people don't complain about efficiency when it's free money.

Oh, and of course churches do the same thing with books written by their preachers/owners.

[crickets]

2. Busted. So unsurprising. nt

[UTUSN]

3. K&R

[dpibel]

4. Color me totally surprised n/t

[Permanut]

5. Put 'em on the shelf next to "The Art of the Deal" and "Decision Points"

The Dewey Decimal system category would be "Bullshit".

[RANDYWILDMAN]

6. 800k buys you how much access ??????

He was a rising repub star, but yeah a first year senator from Florida. Does 800k make this man at all seem interesting ?

Feels like money laundering ???